Reviews of the Panasonic HDC-SD9
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CNET Review
The Good: Compact and lightweight; saturated colors.
The Bad: Moderate to low-light videos look cloudy; some awkward design choices; smallish LCD with terrible color reproduction; awful bundled software.
The Bottom Line: Despite its trio of CCDs, the video quality and performance of the Panasonic HDC-SD9 are a bit too inconsistent.
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alaTest.com
Review Summary: Experts rate this product 73/100 and users 84/100. Comparing these reviews to 104865 other Camcorders reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 94/100 = Excellent.
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pcmag.com
Review Summary: This camcorder is small and lightweight, but its video quality is below par.
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techradar.com
Review Summary: Panasonic includes a reasonable selection of kit, including a composite cable, remote control, battery charger, power cable and a component cable. Our test footage was very satisfactory and, all in all, we were impressed by the reasonably priced HDC-SD9
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No Rating
nvnews.net
Review Summary: The Panasonic HDC-SD9 Camcorder is an ideal high-definition camcorder for the beginner video enthusiast as illustrated by the recordings we produced for this article. And we certainly qualify as beginners since this was the first camcoder that we have ...
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Part number: HDC-SD9
General
- Product Type Camcorder
- Digital Zoom 700 x
- Optical Sensor Size 1/6"
- Optical Sensor Type 3CCD
- Min Illumination 1 lux
- Digital Video Format AVCHD
- Image Stabilizer Optical
- Min Shutter Speed 1/24 sec
- Max Shutter Speed 1/8000 sec
- Shooting Modes Digital photo mode
- White Balance Custom, Presets, Automatic
- White Balance Presets Indoor, Outdoor
- Camera Flash Built-in flash
- Widescreen Video Capture Yes
Main Features
- Camcorder Interpolated Still Resolution 2.1 megapixels
- Color Support Color
- Face Detection Yes
- Still Image Format JPEG
- Remote Control Camcorder remote control
- TV Tuner None
Memory / Storage
- Flash Memory 8 GB Flash - SDHC Memory Card
- Supported Flash Memory MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card
- Floppy Drive None
- Image Storage JPEG 1920 x 1080
- Media Type Flash card
Camera Flash
- Effective Flash Range 3.3 ft - 8 ft
Lens System
- Type Zoom lens - 3 mm - 30 mm - F/1.8-2.8
- Focal Length 3 mm - 30 mm
- Lens Aperture F/1.8-2.8
- Optical Zoom 10 x
- Lens system type Zoom lens
- Min focal length 3 mm
- Max focal length 30 mm
- Lens Manufacturer Leica
- Features Built-in lens shield
- Filter Size 37 mm
- Focus Adjustment Manual, Automatic
- Zoom Adjustment Motorized drive
Additional Features
- Low Lux / Night Mode Yes
- Digital Still Camera Function Yes
- Additional Features DPOF support, Face detection, PictBridge support, USB 2.0 compatibility, Backlight compensation, Takes photos while movie recording, Dolby Digital 5.1 channel recording
- Remote control Camcorder remote control
Viewfinder
- Viewfinder Type None
Display
- Type LCD display - TFT active matrix - 2.7 in - Color
Digital Player (Recorder)
- Type None
Microphone
- Type Microphone - Built-in
- Microphone Features Zoom
Connections
- Connector Type 1 x Component video output, 1 x HDMI output, 1 x Composite video/audio output, 1 x USB
- Expansion Slot(s) 1 x SD Memory Card
Audio Input
- Audio input type Microphone
- Microphone type Built-in
Miscellaneous
- Cables Included Component video cable, A/V cable, USB cable
Power
- Power Device Power adapter - External
Battery
- Supported Battery 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery ( Included )
Viewfinder / Display
- Display Form Factor Rotating
- Display Format 300,000 pixels
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